Additional Image Service functions

Overview of installed software

In addition to backing up your Windows computer, the Image Service generates the JSON file software_info.json with an overview of the software installed on the computer. This file contains the following information:

• Device name
• Installation date
• Version and build number of the operating system
• Device drives
• For every installed software:
• Name of the software
• Version
• Manufacturer
• Installation date

The software list is generated during job execution and can then be found in the backup in the client and server archive and, if a version is generated, directly in the Project tree.

This allows the software list to be compared with the one in the previous backup or version.

Display software list

• You can open the file directly from the Backup.zip file.
• You can copy the Backup created with the job to a directory. Note: The backup directory contains the entire image and can therefore become very large. This process can therefore take a very long time.
• We suggest you proceed as follows: set the job configuration to generate a new Version in case of differences after job execution. Then, you can always open the latest software list directly via the Project tree in the UserClient.
  1. Check the checkbox Enable automatic creation of a version.
  2. If differences are detected during job execution, a new version will be generated.
  3. Check out the generated version in the UserClient.

Related Topics

• UserClient -> Copying a backup into a directory
• AdminClient -> Job configuration